From April 12-18, 2010 Breastfeeding Moms Unite and Maman A Droit will be hosting a Body Image Carnival.
We want to hear your stories of how pregnancy, parenthood, and life in general have changed your body and your body image, for better or for worse. We want to know about the good, the bad, and the stretchmarks.
Personal stories may or may not pertain to body image in relation to any of these themes:
- Natural childbirth
- Cesarean birth
- Breastfeeding
- Weight gain or loss
- Surgery of any type
- Aging
- Disease
- Eating disorders
- Basically anything goes!
Your Posts
Tell us what you struggle with, and how you cope. Share your thoughts on body image issues in general. And be prepared for extra visitors! Carnivals are always such a great way to find and read new blogs! We’ll be sharing our stories with you, too!
Here are the details for those of you interested in participating.
- Write a post based on any of the above body image themes (or your own).
- Email it to bfingmomsunite@gmail.com and MamanADroit@gmail.com by April 9th so we can take a look, make sure it is appropriate and make editing suggestions as needed.
- Post it on your blog by April 12th and send us your link.
- Include a link back to this post at Breastfeeding Moms Unite! and this post at Maman A Droit telling readers that you are taking part in the Body Image Carnival.
- If you don’t have a blog but have a story to share, email it to us and we will feature it as a guest post on one of our blogs.
Every day or so during the week of April 12-18, Maman A Droit and I will publish theme posts featuring (summarizing and/or commenting on) your posts and linking back to them so our visitors can come and visit your blog. (This is why we want you to email your posts to us. We’d like to try to group them based on theme for our feature articles!)
What else is planned besides your wonderful posts?
- Product Reviews
- Giveaways
- Research on some of the themes pertaining to body image
- A fun Wordless Wednesday (Maman A Droit to post details closer to the date)
We look forward to your submissions!
~Melodie @Breastfeeding Moms Unite! and Maman A Droit
Related posts:
- Body Image Carnival Post Round Up
- How Breastfeeding Can Change Our Body Image
- Monday Musings: Aligning Your Body Image with Self Image
- What To Expect of Your Body After A C-Section
- March Love Links
Tags: blog carnival, Body Image
This sounds fabulous! I will totally play along. Is there a deadline for submitting posts other than April 12?
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@Amber – It’s always good to get this stuff ironed out. Goes to show no matter how much you’ve planned there’s always something that could be done slightly better – so thank you for bringing this to our attention!
Maman A Droit and I will chat and get back to you and edit our posts to reflect any changes as well as leave a message in our comment boxes.
Thanks!
Okay – I have changed it so posts are due April 9th.
Sounds great!
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This is a great idea! I’ll join in.
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Aw crap! I just realized I have a blog exchange I’m doing on the 12th. Will you have the carnival each month? I might be able to pull off having both posts up on the same day.
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I love this idea! I have a few posts in my “drafts” that relate to body image. Can we submit more than one?
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Sure Paige! That would be great!
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I submitted my post. I am so excited about this. I love sharing personal stories.
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I posted my entry! http://onestarrynight.com/body-image/
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